
Film still from a 1939 Universal Newsreel showing Pope Pius XI on the balcony at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome. National Archives
Join the Museum's Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming to learn about her research at the recently opened Vatican archives in Rome. Among other revelations, these archives reveal that after the Holocaust, the Vatican campaigned to shield Nazis from justice. Dr. Brown-Fleming will explore the circumstances under which Vatican officials tried to save the lives of Holocaust perpetrators.
Chairs
Emily and Michael Robins
Cathy and Joel Schneider
Speaker
Dr. Suzanne Brown-Fleming, Senior Project Director, International Academic Programs,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
This program is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
For more information, please contact the Museum’s Midwest Regional Office at midwest@ushmm.org.